单词 | apache |
释义 | Apachen. 1. a. A member of a North American Indian people of New Mexico and Arizona. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > peoples of South-Western America > [noun] > Nomadic peoples Apache1726 Navajo1808 Kiowa1810 Yavapai1849 Jicarilla1850 White Mountain1885 Navvy1910 1726 J. Stevens New Dict. Span. & Eng. Apa'ches, a mighty people or nation on the west side of North America,..being part of the kingdom of New Mexico. 1745 H. Moll's Atlas Minor Pl. 46 (D.A.E.) Apaches. 1797 Encycl. Brit. I. 552/1 Many of those nations, as the Apaches, the Hiaquese,..are at least as tall as the tallest Europeans. 1834 A. Pike Prose Sketches & Poems 126 He..overtook four Apaches. 1907 F. W. Hodge Handbk. Amer. Indians I. 63 Apache (probably from ápachu, ‘enemy’, the Zuni name for the Navaho, who were designated ‘Apaches de Nabaju’ by the early Spaniards in New Mexico)... They were first mentioned as Apaches by Oñate in 1598. b. The Athabaskan language of this people. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > North American > [noun] > Na-Dene > Athabaskan > Athabaskan languages > Apache Navajo1854 Apache1871 White Mountain1885 Jicarilla1911 1871 F. Johnson Doomed Guide xv. 109/1 ‘It is good’, said the unknown, speaking Apache. 1885 Amer. Missionary Aug. 229 One white man was found, a scout and interpreter,..who spoke Apache. 1921 E. Sapir Lang. iv. 71 Such languages as Navaho, Apache, Hupa, [etc.]. 2005 J. Alderete in S. Hargus & K. Rice Athabaskan Prosody 195 Both constricted and non-constricted reduced vowels received low tone in Apache. 2. /əˈpaʃ/. Also apache. [ < French apache , < sense 1] A street ruffian or thug, originally in Paris. Also (more widely): a person who behaves in a ruffianly manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > ruffianly conduct > ruffian > [noun] routerc1300 tyrant1377 ruffy?a1513 ruffiana1525 kempy1525 cut-throat1535 slasher1559 cutter1569 hackster1574 hacker1576 cuttle1600 ruffiano1611 bully rook1673 thug1838 Apache1902 ned1910 rough-up1911 goonda1926 hoon1938 messer1942 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > person tyrant1377 routera1500 termagant1508 ruffy?a1513 ruffiana1525 pander1593 thunderbolt1593 bully1604 ruffiano1611 tearer1633 violentoa1661 boy1662 violent1667 hardhead1774 Arab1788 ring-tailed roarer1828 blood-tub1853 tornado1863 stormer1886 hooligan1898 Apache1902 ned1910 rough-up1911 radge1923 goonda1926 pretty-boy1931 tough baby1932 bad-john1935 hoon1938 shit-kicker1954 tough boy1958 oafo1959 ass-kicker1962 droog1962 trog1983 the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > ruffianly conduct > ruffian > [noun] > Parisian Apache1902 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > rough or boisterous > person > of specific area Bowery boy1840 Bowery girl1856 Apache1902 1902 Westm. Gaz. 22 Oct. 8/1 The leader of the band of roughs in Paris known as the ‘Apaches’. 1909 Times 9 Feb. 4/4 Those apaches with which Brussels is haunted. 1920 Times Lit. Suppl. 10 June 363/2 Something a little more Bacchic than the calculated extravagances of the drawing-room apache would occasionally relieve the atmosphere. 1933 ‘G. Orwell’ Down & Out iii. 20 He wore side whiskers, which are the mark either of an apache or an intellectual. Compounds C1. General attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > peoples of South-Western America > [adjective] > Nomadic peoples Navajo1822 Apache1827 Yavapai1849 Mimbreño1910 1827 C. Malte-Brun Universal Geogr. (new ed.) III. lxxxv. 292 The Apache Indians originally inhabited the greater part of New Mexico, and are still a warlike and industrious nation. 1834 A. Pike Prose Sketches & Poems 138 A filthy, ragged fellow with..Apache moccasins. 1892 J. C. Pilling Bibliogr. Athapascan Langs. 109/1 The English words are on the left-hand margin of the rectos and the Apache words on the right-hand or outer margin. 1914 G. W. Young From Trenches i. 12 The apache element..was soon brought into order. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 452 In workman's corduroy overalls..and apache cap. 1928 Punch 30 May 602 Friend (referring to ‘Apache’ hat): I like that one, dear. You see, it's noticeable without being really fierce. C2. apache dance n. a violent dance for two people in which the partners are dressed as apaches; cf. sense 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > other dances > [noun] dance of Macabre?c1430 springc1450 lege de moya1529 bobc1550 lusty gallant1569 duret1613 fading1613 huckler1617 ground-measure1621 entry1631 slatter de pouchc1640 ballo1651 Irish trot1651 omnium gatheruma1652 clutterdepouch1652 upspring1654 passacaglia1659 shuffle1659 passacaille1667 flip-flap1676 chaconne1685 charmer1702 Cheshire-round1706 Louvre1729 stick dance1730 white joke1730 baby dance1744 Nancy Dawson1766 fricassee1775 bumpkin1785 Totentanz1789 Flora('s) dance1790 goombay1790 egg-dance1801 supper dance1820 Congo dance1823 slip-jig1829 bran-dance1833 roly-poly1833 Congo1835 mazy1841 furry1848 bull-dance1855 stampede1856 double-shuffling1859 frog dance1863 hokee-pokee1873 plait dance1876 slow dancing1884 snake dance1895 beast dance1900 soft-shoe1900 cakewalk1902 floral dance1911 snake dance1911 apache dance1912 grizzly bear1912 jazz dance1917 jazz dancing1917 jazz1919 wine-dance1920 camel-walk1921 furry dance1928 snake-dance1931 pas d'action1936 trance dancing1956 touch dance1965 hokey-cokey1966 moonwalk1969 moonwalking1983 Crip Walk1989 mapantsula1990 1912 Everybody's Mag. Aug. 182/1 At Maxim's the pièce de résistance is the Apache dance, done extremely well by a couple dressed as a Paris tough and toughess. 1918 H. G. Wells Joan & Peter xi. 443 Huntley wanted to teach Joan an Apache dance. 1946 Life 18 Nov. 144 The California versions of the Parisian apache dance were amateur. apache dancer n. a person who performs an apache dance. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > dancer generally > [noun] leapera1000 sailour?a1366 tripperc1380 dancerc1440 sallierc1440 hopperc1480 flinger?a1513 foot clapper1620 pranker1628 saltatorya1640 prancer1653 apache dancer1912 hoofer1923 rug-cutter1934 1912 Smart Set Jan. 150/1 As romantic an aspect in the public eye as the average servant girl or black and tan club Apache dancer. 1945 H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. Suppl. I. 186 During the [1914–18] war or soon afterward apache-dancers began to appear in the United States. 1962 J. D. Salinger Franny & Zooey 57 It isn't enough to treat her with the doting brutality of an apache dancer towards his partner. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1726 |
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